Norman J. G. Pounds (1912–2006)
Autor de Historia económica de la Europa medieval
Sobre El Autor
Series
Obras de Norman J. G. Pounds
A History of the English Parish: The Culture of Religion from Augustine to Victoria (2000) 24 copias
The Worcester area: Proceedings of the 151st Summer Meeting of the Royal Archaeological Institute, 1995 (1995) 1 copia
Geografía histórica de Europa 1 copia
The Cardiff area: Proceedings of the 139th Summer Meeting of the Royal Archaeological Institute 1993 (1993) 1 copia
Coal and steel in Western Europe 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, New Series, Vol VI, Part 2 — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Pounds, Norman John Greville
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1912-02-23
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2006-03-24
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- England
UK - Lugar de nacimiento
- Bath, Somerset, England, UK
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Educación
- Cambridge University (Fitzwilliam College ∙ BA ∙ History and Geography ∙ 1934)
Cambridge University (MA|1940)
London School of Economics (BA|1942)
London School of Economics (PhD|1942) - Ocupaciones
- historian
university professor - Organizaciones
- Indiana University
Miembros
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 38
- También por
- 1
- Miembros
- 327
- Popularidad
- #72,482
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 63
- Idiomas
- 3
The most interesting part of the book was chapter 9 on the commercial revolution. The author discusses the new methods of credit and financing which might have been the most impactful innovations of medieval times. The role of medieval government in the economy was clearly quite insignificant. The brief section in this book which focuses on government discusses mainly taxation. I would have liked to read a bit more on how medieval trade functioned without governmental help. Long-distance merchants must have gradually built trustworthy relationships amongst each other, but this book does not explicitly discuss how such webs of interpersonal acquaintance actually worked. But even so this book is a broad and very useful introduction to medieval economic history which can be recommended.… (más)